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Re: A mistake which almost went me mad

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On 3 March 2016 at 11:48, Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 2016-03-03 10:43, Nick Sarbicki wrote:
>> The number of times I've had to correct a student for naming their
>> script "turtle.py".
>>
>> And the number of times I've caught myself doing it...
>
> I'm surprised at the number of times I find myself creating an
> "email.py" DESPITE KNOWING BETTER EVERY SINGLE TIME.

This mistake is too easy to make and should be fixed in the language
somehow. There's no way that a novice user can know which module names
are implicitly "reserved" by being used somewhere in the stdlib or the
collection of 3rd party modules that they may happen to have
installed.

--
Oscar

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A mistake which almost went me mad "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2016-03-03 11:21 +0100
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 21:31 +1100
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Nick Sarbicki <nick.a.sarbicki@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 10:43 +0000
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2016-03-03 10:48 +0000
    Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-03-04 19:19 +1300
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-03 23:57 +1100
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-03-03 05:48 -0600
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 16:29 +0000
    Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2016-03-03 17:53 +0000
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-03-03 12:50 -0600
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-03-07 09:19 -0700
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-03-07 11:28 -0500
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-08 03:40 +1100
  Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 08:34 -0800
    Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 22:13 -0800
      Re: A mistake which almost went me mad Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2016-03-10 16:54 -0800

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